Dr. Emilie Joos

Dr. Emilie Joos is a practicing general surgeon and trauma surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital.

Originally from Montreal, Dr. Joos completed her medical school at McGill University where she obtained her M.D.C.M degree. She then underwent general surgery residency at Laval University, in Quebec city, from 2007 to 2012. In 2012, she matched into the one-year Surgical Critical Care fellowship at University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. At the completion of her surgical critical care training, she was appointed as a clinical instructor in trauma at University of Southern California, from July 2013 to June 2014. During that year, she was in charge of an acute care and trauma surgery team at the Los Angeles County Hospital, performed clinical call duty in trauma and critical care, and participated actively in the quality improvement processes of the trauma program. In 2014, Dr. Joos participated in a volunteer mission to Haiti with the Medishare project, where she taught basic trauma care to local healthcare providers.

Dr. Joos is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in general surgery and obtained her critical care accreditation from the Royal College in 2014.

Dr. Joos is an instructor for the Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma and an Advanced Trauma Life Support course director.